Ingenuity

Engineers have designed a motorless sailplane that can soar over the Martian surface for days at a ... time like an Albatross, using only wind energy for propulsion. getty NASA’s little Ingenuity Mars Helicopter…

Make it a hat trick on the Red Planet for NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity.The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper aced its third-ever Martian flight early this morning (April 25), adding to its already impressive resume."Third flight in the…

The second-ever Mars helicopter flight is in the books.NASA's little Ingenuity helicopter took to the skies above Mars' Jezero Crater again early this morning (April 22), just three days after making history with the first powered,…

The first powered, controlled flight on another planet took place at 3:34 a.m. ET.Unlike when the helicopter's fellow traveler, the Perseverance rover, landed on Mars on February 18, there was a bit of wait to know how the helicopter…

If successful, Ingenuity will be the first helicopter to fly on another planet, leading to an "extraterrestrial Wright Brothers moment," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate. The rover…